The Best Open Source and Freeware Applications

I’ve been bookmarking many of the better open source and freeware applications and tools out there and finally decided to compile a list. I’ll continue to update the list as time allows. Thanks to all the people out there who provide these great tools to the rest of us.

I appreciated that you took the time to get this list up. Some of them are really useful such as the Office Application and System Utilities.

I supposed you have arranged them in order of preferences. I have noticed some of them are not useful anymore – either has been acquired or the ranking has dropped.

Such as:
RAV Antivirus – It has been acquired by Microsoft.
Comodo Antivirus – is far worse in terms of detection as compared to Avast, AVG, Antivir.
1st Page 2006 (latest freeware) – is comparable to Dreamweaver in areas whereby anyone whom likes to do hand-on coding with a two panes view.

thanks for the feedback. I’ve not really been maintaining this list and probably should update it soon. There’s really no hierarchy in the listings as far as preferences, features, pricing, etc. It just something I compiled quikly.

Great site. Thanks for the effort you’ve put into this. Many of these I was familiar with, but with so many choices out there it’s easy to lose track of what’s what. Add to that all the one’s I didn’t know about, and thanks to you I do now.

Project manager:
OpenGoo http://www.opengoo.org/
(this next project is one to watch — it’s great for time tracking, collaborative project and task management, calendaring, e-mail… pretty excellent, although it doesn’t integrate well with other resources like IMAP folders or LDAP address books.)